Statewide recount called in Beasley-Newby Chief Justice race
November 20, 2020Tuesday morning, Chief Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court Cheri Beasley officially asked for a statewide recount against challenger Justice Paul Newby in their neck-and-neck election battle. By noon Tuesday, Beasley was trailing by 366 out of 5.4 million votes cast. The recount must begin by today and be completed by Wednesday, Nov. 25th. Beasley […]
Howard Alumna Kamala Harris Makes History as First Female Vice President of the United States
November 12, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saturday was a day of firsts as Kamala Devi Harris became the highest-ranking female U.S. official in the country’s 244-year history, after Joe Biden was projected to win the 2020 election. Harris is also the first African American woman to become vice president of the United States. In a post on Twitter […]
Biden & Harris WIN!
November 12, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. – After four years of feeling under siege from a racially hostile White House and after a week spent awaiting the results of a nail-biter election, supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden finally exhaled when it became clear that President Donald Trump was booted from office. Black America and the rest of […]
Election Day 2020: Guilford County Results
November 5, 2020Election Day 2020 in Guilford County ended on Tuesday night with 283,018 ballots being counted in the unofficial totals. Early voting statistics show that 191,477 of those votes were cast during early voting, which ran from October 15 – October 30. According to the North Carolina Board of Elections data, 239,073 absentee ballots for Guilford […]
2020 Presidential Election: Too Close to Call
November 5, 2020WASHINGTON, DC – With a nail biter presidential race too close to call by midnight Nov. 3, America awaits on edge for final states to complete their vote counts. Some are early votes so numerous that they take time to count. Others are mail-in ballots allowed largely due to voters using absentee options or state-sanctioned […]
Federal lawsuit filed in Graham march attack
November 4, 2020The ACLU of North Carolina and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law out of Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit earlier Nov. 2nd, suing Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson, and Graham Police Chief Mary Kristy Cole for the pepper-spray attack on 200 peaceful marchers Oct. 31st who were headed to cast their ballots […]
Vote! Democracy Depends on It
October 29, 2020With only a few days left until the November 3 Election Day, Greensboro residents are making their way to the polls — willing to brave long lines and COVID-19 guidelines. The NC Board of Elections calculates that there have been 2,830,533 early voting ballots and 821,375 absentee ballots cast across the state. Guilford County voters […]
Black women candidates dominate 2020 elections
October 23, 2020When the election dust settles on Nov. 3rd, North Carolina Democrats hope that in addition to a new president of the United States, a new legislative majority, and a continuing successful governor, there will be four African American women elected officials blazing historic trails of authority and service. Highest on the list, Cheri Beasley (ChiefJusticeBeasley.com), […]
Early voting kicks off in Greensboro
October 23, 2020Early voting kicked off in Greensboro last week on October 15, with community members and state representatives all flocking to the polls. According to early voting totals for October 21 in Guilford County, 81,235 ballots have been cast so far. The N.C. Board of Elections has calculated that there have been 1,517,439 early voting ballots […]
UPS announces 141 new jobs for Greensboro
October 15, 2020United Parcel Service (UPS), the multinational package delivery and supply-chain management company, announced that it will expand its presence in North Carolina with the addition of 592 jobs in Guilford and Alamance Counties. According to Anthony Copeland, director of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, UPS plans to invest a total of $316.4 million at […]
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